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( Canada)
Canada (pronounced /'kæn?d?/) is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean. It is the world's second largest country by total area and its common border with the United States to the south and northwest is the longest in the world. The land occupied by Canada was inhabited for millennia by various groups of Aboriginal people. Beginning in the late 15th century, British and French expeditions explored, and later settled along, the Atlantic coast. France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763 after the Seven Years' War. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces.[8][9] This began an accretion of provinces and territories and a process of increasing autonomy from the United Kingdom. This widening autonomy was highlighted by the Statute of Westminster of 1931 and culminated in the Canada Act of 1982, which severed the vestiges of legal dependence on the British parliament. A federation consisting of ten provinces and three territories, Canada is governed as a parliamentary democracy and a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state. It is a bilingual and multicultural country, with both English and French as official languages at the federal level. One of the world's highly developed countries, Canada has a diversified economy that is reliant upon its abundant natural resources and upon trade—particularly with the United States, with which Canada has had a long and complex relationship. It is a member of the G8, G-20, NATO, OECD, WTO, Commonwealth, Francophonie, OAS, APEC, and UN. The name Canada comes from a St. Lawrence Iroquoian word, kanata, meaning "village" or "settlement". In 1535, indigenous inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct French explorer Jacques Cartier towards the village of Stadacona. Cartier later used the word Canada to refer not only to that particular village, but also the entire area subject to Donnacona (the chief at Stadacona); by 1545, European books and maps had begun referring to this region as Canada.[10]
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Comparing Canada's Health Insurance System by Adriana Stefania
There are vast differences between Canada's health insurance system and the health care systems of other countries. Which country has the best structure to look after its population?
The health care topic has popped up again and again in the ...
Here's What Happens After You Quit Smoking by Todd Lloyd
Dear Health Conscious Friend, What happens after you quit smoking is a question that appears on the blog often. When you think of smoking, many people are aware of the physical dependency on nicotine. But you may not know that most of this is habitu...
The Triple Combination of Quit Smoking Aids by Todd Lloyd
Dear Health Conscious Friend, Are you confused by the plethora of quit smoking aids on the market today? Perhaps you've even heard the retort that if one quit smoking aid works then why do we have so many others?
Well, the truth of the matte...
Complete Information on Cronkhite-Canada disease by Juliet Cohen
Cronkhite Canada disease is an uncommon syndrome. It is characterized by marked epithelial disturbances in the GI parcel and epidermis. The GI changes are generalized hamartomatous polyposis with irregular intervening mucosa. The mucosal proliferatio...
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